Paul Smith

One year after helping to pull the launch of healthcare.gov from the brink of disaster, Paul Smith now wants more of his tech colleagues to help make the government run better. Smith, who was part of the team of software engineers brought in after early systems problems with the roll-out of the website at the heart of the Affordable Care Act, spoke Wednesday to an audience of about 100 employees and guests at Google’s Chicago office. He said one of his biggest takeaways from the Obamacare launch is that “the public sector is woefully underserved by our industry.” “You can have a huge impact,” Smith told the group. “Knowing what you know, and what...